Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said he has believed in Chad Henne’s leadership abilities for a while. Sparano, speaking on Friday morning before he teed off at Turnberry Isle as part of the Dolphins’ annual Fins Weekend, said Henne has shown his leadership skills on the practice field. He has shown them in the offices at the Dolphins’ facility in Davie.

And now, Sparano is happy to hear that Henne has taken on even more of a leadership role in the NFL lockout. Henne’s role as an emerging leader is the focus of the story I wrote today for the print edition.

The skinny: Henne has taken an active role in organizing workouts for his fellow offensive teammates during these locked-out NFL days. That’s a good thing, if not unexpected. Even more important, though: Henne said he has already started to install parts of Brian Daboll’s offense, and Henne predicted that it’d be a smooth transition into the new offense once the lockout lifts.

Check out the story first and then check out some of what Henne had to say right here:

Sparano, of course, can’t have direct contact with players about football-related matters. The rules of the lockout prohibit that (which seems kind of silly to me, but that’s another issue). Still, Sparano said he has been keeping up with what his players have been up to through media reports and through word of mouth.

He likes what he’s hearing about Henne, the Dolphins’ two-year starter who’ll be entering his fourth NFL season. Here’s Tony:

yes he should have made more field goals, wasnt one of them a 61 yard try that missed? why did we have so many field goal attempts? that i blame on henne screwing up drives with his league bottom ratings and fourth quarter falloffs by the way, no more 61 yard fg attempts please? i know he made a 60, but damn, where do we go next, 65- yarders? you give up way too good a field position when you miss the really long ones

and before i’m labeled as a henne supporter, i support all of MY miami dolphins……but it doesn’t mean that i’m not praying for miami to TRADE UP in next years draft to select oklahoma sooner QB landry jones….now there’s your “franchise QB”…..miami will NEED all their draft picks to be in a position to trade up…..so KEEP all the draft picks, do NOT trade away ANY for a stop gap QB to be had now.

I’ve showed you both the empirical data which shows Henne to be better than both Orton and Kolb… and even more. He’s a potential stud with only 1 full year of being the QB… and he’s still very, very young.

It’s about a system fit vs the OC and his doctrine/ways of managing. Talk to any Carolina Panther fan to give you futher understanding of how badly this Dan Henning SUCKS. It took a gimmick play to keep Henning in Miami for crying out loud, and it wasn’t even his idea… that came from David Lee.

It’s not about Chad Henne… it’s about Dan Henning…

I don’t mean to sound angry at you guys (I luv ya both!), but you both aren’t paying attention. You both need to be looking at “other things”, “other factors”…

There are some very good QB prospects in next years draft. I would say twice as many legit prospects. At this time last year the only one’s that knew Cam Newton’s name were his father, his coach and the guy that paid the money.

how come no one ever made excuses for dan marino following his second year? im tired of making excuses for our putrid qb, worst in the nfl. we needed to draft a qb and screwed up, now we are in pitiful shape and must bring in vince young to salvage a 8-8 season we cant irnore drafting a qb every single year and think that henne will come around year 12 if were more patient and make more excuses. yank the loser now, dont let him be the next cordell stewart, 7 years of piss poor qb dooming the teams chances

Ok, he missed a 61 yarder. What about the other 3 he missed that day? What about the other 7 he missed in the last 6 games — in which we went 2-4 and lost 2 of the games by 3 points??? A made FG might have made the difference!

It is a team game. Ricky fumbled, Ronnie couldn’t gain yards, the FG kicker missed, the secondary dropped sure interceptions – a team game…

he should have never kicked so many field goals, instead a real quarterback, not the imposter blunder boy, would have gotten touchdowns, and carpenters kicks all extra points. did you ever watch the games when marino played? sometimes he would have 5-6 touchdowns per game ~ it takes henne half a season to get that many, and even then he has more picks than tds. we need a qb that can get it in the end zone and quit doing 61 yrd field goal trys. no one ever did 61 yrd field goal attempts in the marino era that i can remember, its foolish! pass for the first down and get it, thats what a nfl qb is supposed to do

I am out! I can’t take the same tired record garbage every day. Good luck to my mob friends. I think I will take some time away as it has gotten very, very old.

To those making it old – you have said the same things 100,000 times – get out and get some fresh air. Get a life. This is a diversion for most of us – not a trial where the outcome of our freedom hangs in the balance of you making your beleaguered point

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son of a son of a shula says:
June 12, 2011 at 7:48 pm
OMG, the ENTIRE weekend is Rob’s campaign against Henne. The ENTIRE weekend, wow. Same 3 points the ENTIRE weekend, every post.
If it’s possible, this is even worse than the Dan Williams campaign. WOW

nj phin fan, we arent against henne fans, we are dolphin fans. henne isnt th e dolphin we need. some of us want to contend for the super bowl, count me in that crowd. i am a pro dolphins going to a super bowl someday. its way deeper than anti henne. its obvious that henne cant go to the playoffs, so then it seems we are anti henne, when instead we are pro miami

son of a son of a shula says:
June 12, 2011 at 7:48 pm
OMG, the ENTIRE weekend is Rob’s campaign against Henne

son
maybe i should check with you before i post to make sure you approve??

i endure your stupidity all the time about us trading up to get suh and cam without a chance in hll to do it. or drafting a LB in the 1st round who goes in the 5th! you clammor nonstop about the 1st player taken every year! i never say anything about that i just ignore it!

it’s unbelievable that you can’t post and talk about a relevent subject without getting attacked by a moron!

i’m talking about henne, i’ve never mentioned your name! if you don’t like what i write just ignore it!

if i was happy with 7-9, id be happy with henne, here lies the problem. youy cant upgrade and make the entire team perfect just so we can limp by with the losest rated starting qb in the nfl. this is absurd strategy, and its why the fins will lose again and again. is it easieer to make the team perfect, and able to overcome all henne mistakes? or is it better to draft and develp a franchise qb, along with the rest of the team upgrades? worked for green bay

if i was happy with 7-9, id be happy with henne, here lies the problem. youy cant upgrade and make the entire team perfect just so we can limp by with the losest rated starting qb in the nfl. this is absurd strategy, and its why the fins will lose again and again. is it easieer to make the team perfect, and able to overcome all henne mistakes? or is it better to draft and develp a franchise qb, along with the rest of the team upgrades? worked for green bay

I see you finally get it my man, MFer. Matter of fact I see DWade being influenced in a negative light by Lebron. Once the Magic lost I was ok with the Heat winning but almost immediately King James turned me away and I became anyone but the Heat

MF13…no offense to any of our dolphin brethren here that like the heat, but i’ve never been a big NBA fan, even though my ex used to be a milwaukee bucks dancer….but i will admit that when i heard talk of this “who’s better, james or jordan?”, i couldn’t help but cringe at the lunacy of the question…..you need look no further than this championship series and ask the question…..would michael be flopping around like a bluegill?….james is not even the best player on his current team, let alone in the history of the NBA….enough said!

MF,
I remember when (I believe) Madison and Surtain stomped on the cereal representing Flutie and his son with autism. As much as I despised Flutie I despised that act more. It’s how I feel about cough-gate

Walker says:
June 12, 2011 at 9:36 pm
I’m just not into taunting or dancing. I’m from the act like you’ve been there camp. On a lighter note, did anyone see Mark Anthony badly lip sync the National Anthem
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Yes I did! I thought it was a satellite disruption, but you saw it too!

It is not the Heat so much, but lebron. He dissed the Knicks and that was it for me. I dont care what other team he would play for, I would still want to see him lose. I think Mike E can agree with me.

Absolutely, he turned his back on the city that opened the doors, their wallets and their fans were ready to embrace him. Instead, he slinked into Miami to play second fiddle, and that’s just what he is. He’s Dwyane Wade’s little biatch!!!

walker and MF13…..hindsight is 20/20……neither madison or surtain had any clue that a portion of the profits from “flutie flakes” went to an autism charity…..they were just trying to pump up the defense….they weren’t stomping on autism or kids…..it was a display that ended poorly, because of the “after” facts.

Calm yourself bro. I don’t hate Henne, but he’s not better than Orton. You can’t just take one stat and run with it. I’m not being contrary, but Henne just isn’t better than Orton. Kolb maybe. Why all of a sudden are you getting so ultra-serious about this. I never said I hate Henne, so what’s happening?

both madison and surtain were very apologetic after they heard that some of the proceeds went to autism charity, and i believe BOTH donated to the dan marino foundation, don’t forget than dan ALSO has an autistic son (michael)…..when most athlete’s pull stunts like this, i would doubt very little that ANY research goes into it before hand.

I like your passion in this matter! I was pissed as all hell when he spurned NY, and I just felt that I didn’t really give a rats azz what happened to him after that, as long as he DIDN’T WIN!!!!!!

so basically like i said. and this is coming from someone so anti nba, if james came to your team, it is all a great thing, he is ok, he is a great guy, he is a hero, but since he isnt on my team, you hate him, he is lower then jeff scum.

LOL ! Yeah – I guess they did!!! I wish I had your crystal ball – I read so many things last year that say that is not the case, and and my samesong post from NFL radio also supported that Henning was not the reason Henne didn’t throw the ball downfield. Listen, I hope that you’re right, because if he’s our QB this year, I promise I don’t want to sit through this crap! Unfortunately, Henning was not just a bad spell that has been lifted. We’ll see what happens. I approach VERY cautiously, and not overly optimistic.

payaso…..hate is such an ugly word, use despise….i personally don’t care enough about basketball to despise anyone who plays….but in football, there are a few players to despise, and they usually are the ones who cheapshot other players, no names mentioned, but you know what i mean…lol.

well, this should at least kill the “jordan/james” debate…..jordan would literally TAKE OVER championship games…..james is an outstanding professional athlete and will eventually rank as “one of the best” basketball players ever….congrats to the dallas mavericks and their fans on their championship….and to the miami heat and their fans for making it to the championship series.

MF13…..shaq is one of the reasons i have no interest in the NBA….i swear that if the NBA would raise the rim to 13 feet, shaq and his “non-shooting” ilk would never make it in the NBA….yeah, i know how everyone loves the slam dunk…..but take it out of the game, and the real shooters would be the stars…..trust me, the face of the NBA would be dramatically different.

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